Blake Anderson and the Utah State Aggies eked out a win over UConn in Week 0 last weekend. This Saturday, he takes his team into Tuscaloosa to take on the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide.

He recently spoke about what he’s expecting from the Week 1 showdown, via Rivals.com.

Here’s some of what he had to say:

On the message to his team:

“It does not get any easier, we’re going to play the best team on the planet. There are just no weaknesses, there aren’t. It’s a huge challenge for our guys, we need to focus on us and focus on getting better. We cannot focus on Alabama this week or we’ll go in starry-eyed, look up the game we’ll be at halftime and the game will be over. … We have to play our best football to have a chance to be in this game, that’s what we’re going to focus on all week.

“Our message is let’s improve, let’s get better, let’s go try and make a game of this and the only way we can do that is to play our best ball. We’ll see if that gives us a chance to play with these guys. You won’t know until you get there, but if you don’t play your best ball, I know exactly how it will go and none of us will like it.”

On playing in Bryant-Denny Stadium:

“Enjoy it, I mean heck who gets an opportunity to do that? Who gets an opportunity to line up, strap up with 100,000 people in the stands? Don’t let it intimidate you, let it fuel you. The stadium is still going to be the same length and we’re still going to have to do the same things, but let that be an excitement, don’t let it distract you from doing the little things right. That’s easier said than done, but we’ve got to find that simplicity in the electric chaos the environment is going to be. Just line up and play ball. Throw and catch, tackle and try to improve this week. We’ll see if we can do that. It’ll be a challenge for anyone who goes down there, not just early in the season but late. Hopefully, our guys will get excited and play their best ball.”

On Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr.:

“They are as advertised. Two of the best players in all of ball, they’ll play at the next level. Both are on the shortlist for the Heisman. We’re going to see Will Anderson at his best. He played with a big knee brace on for most of last year, we won’t be so fortunate. He will be primed and ready to go. He’s impossible to block, we’ve gotta have help on him or we gotta get it out get. We can’t just stand up and expect our guys to block him one-on-one all day. We’ve gotta get him tired, fatigue him and hope he’s not in great shape yet. Bryce can make every throw and beat you with his feet, everybody in the country saw that a year ago. They are phenomenal players and they are surrounded by a lot of phenomenal players too, which makes it even more difficult. By themselves, it would be one thing, but the guys right next to them to the right and left are just as good. It amplifies the problem.”

On going up against Nick Saban:

“I’ve got to be the same way as the players and focus on us. I love the idea of testing yourself against the best, we all do, that’s why we get into this. But the best thing that I can do as a head coach is prepare our team to play our best ball. Keep it within what we can control. If we go out, regardless of the score, and play our best game, then I’ve done my job. If we go out and play our best game, the best game we’re capable of playing, then we’ve done a great job as players and coaches. That’s really all we can focus on. If we focus on anything else, we’re going to make mistakes, we’re going to get outside of what we’re capable of and we’re going to make this game one that we’re all frustrated with. That’s the best thing I can do. Go into a great environment against a hall-of-fame head coach, against a Heisman Trophy winner and go put a great team on the field and play our best and make them earn everything they get.”

How will the Aggies fare at Alabama? The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and can be seen on the SEC Network.